LAGOS JANUARY 6TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Mikel Obi has cancelled his contract with Chinese club, Tianjin Teda, a year before the agreement between club and player was due to run out. The Super Eagles captain is seeking a return to Europe for family reasons. In an interview with Tianjin TV Sports New Vision program, Mikel said: “I broke…
LAGOS AUGUST 23RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Nigeria midfielder John Obi Mikel has withdrawn his name from contention for the Super Eagles’ squad for their Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Seychelles next month. Mikel, who captained the side at the World Cup in Russia earlier this year, will not travel to the island nation from his base in…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles’ skipper, John Mikel Obi, has revealed that the news of the kidnap of his dad, Pa Michael Obi, was broken to him two hours before their final World Cup Group D game against Argentina. Speaking after his dad’s release from the kidnappers den on Monday, Obi revealed that he was…
LAGOS JULY 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)-The Police Command in Enugu State says it has rescued Pa Michael Obi, father of Mikel Obi, Captain of the Super Eagles, from the kidnappers’ den in a community in the state. The Command’s Spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday evening in Enugu. Amaraizu said the…
LAGOS JUNE 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Captain of the Super Eagles of Nigeria, John Obi Mikel has vowed that the team will put in their best when they take on Argentina in the last game of the group in the 2018 World Cup. Mikel expressed confidence that they will be the third team to stop Barcelona superstar, Lionel…
LAGOS JUNE 17TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Super Eagles coach Gernot Rohr has attributed Nigeria’s 2-0 loss to Croatia in the opening match at Kaliningrad to too many mistakes. The Eastern Europeans broke the deadlock in the first half as a Mario Mandzukic’s header was unfortunately steered home by Oghenekaro Etebor. Luka Modric converted a second half penalty to…
LAGOS MAY 25TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Chelsea wing-back Victor Moses was named in the 30-player provisional squad for the World Cup by Nigeria and is obviously expected to make the final cut to 23, but he will not be joining up with the rest of the Super Eagles until late next week. With his place not under threat,…
LAGOS MARCH 10TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Former Inter Milan midfielder, Joel Obi and two members of the squad that won the silver medal at the Morocco 2018 CHAN, Stephen Eze and Gabriel Okechukwu are among the 27 players invited to camp yesterday by Super Eagles’ Coach, Gernot Rohr for this month’s international friendly matches against Poland and Serbia….